Friday, October 30. 2009

With thanks to Phil Stepek who has supplied many images which I will display below. He not only made the effort to record the progress, but burned a disk and delivered it to MY HOUSE! I guess I will have to change my address:>). Without further ado, here is what amounts to an entire album of the work over the last two weeks.

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/21/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/21/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/21/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/21/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/21/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/21/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

Phil Stepek Photo, 10/28/09

You will note two freshly poured concrete 'runners' which I believe will serve as footings to next receive railroad rails to allow a truck to be rolled into the new shop. The floor is scheduled to be poured next week.

Saturday, October 24. 2009

Edmonton BBC 181 for the first time under its own power at IRM - 10/24/2009

Another exciting day in the Trolley Bus Department.By the time I arrived today, Richard Schauer was already taking the roof equipment out of our Edmonton BBC coach 181.The roof equipment had to be removed by Edmonton due to height restrictions for shipment and was stored inside the coach.We continued emptying out the coach and hauled the stuff onto the roof.We were able to get everything up there except one very heavy item.Luckily Warren Lloyd stopped by so we “Nicked” him into helping.Actually he was glad to lend a hand (as usual).

Ready for its first trip west down Central Avenue - 10/24/2009

Once everything was on the roof, we proceeded to attach everything, tie the ropes to the poles, and at exactly 5:00pm, Richard had the honor of operating the coach for the first time at IRM.We traveled around the loop in front of the Andersen Garage once, then two trips down Central Avenue.The coach performed flawlessly and is in unbelievable condition!Although we have done an inspection, there will surely be a break-in period when we will discover and work out any bugs, but if today was any indication, we have a fantastic addition to our fleet.

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